Well, it sure has been quite a while for this series. Giant fluffy beast sure did the quest solo to prove himself. Out of the blue you were telling him to get a move, including the fourth wall break with the pastor mentioning the hero being killed off. Like how every movie, tv show, book, or comics the character that everyone likes getting killed off would bring them disappointed, frustrated, upset or all of the above. Lasty, gtf seeing himself or his clone made him have a identity crisis.